Tender for traction-engines.



No. 863,546. PATENTED AUG. 13, 1907,

E. MAHR.

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TENDER FDRTRAGTION ENGINES.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 29. 1907.

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ERNEST MAHR, OF COLLEGE PLACE, WASHINGTON.

TENDER FOR TRACTION-ENGINES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 13, 1907.

Application filed March 29. 1907. Serial No. 365,382-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNEST MAI-IR, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at College Place, in the county of Wallawalla andState of Washington, have invented new and useful Improvements inTenders for Traction-Engines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to tenders for traction engines, and one of theprincipal objects of the same is to provide a wheeled tender forcarrying fuel and water which will be guided by the movements of thetraction engine. 7

Another object of the invention is to provide a tender with a draftcable passing over pulleys on a draft bar and connected to the frontaxle of the traction engine so that the movements of the front axle willbe communicated to the tender.

These and other objects may be attained by means of. the constructionillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l is a longitudinal section of a tender made in accordance withmy invention. Fig. 2 is a front ele vation of the same. Fig. 3 is anunderside plan view of the frame of the tender. Fig. 4 is a transversesectional view on the line 4 of Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings for a more particular description of myinvention, the numeral 1 designates the axle, and 2 are the wheelsmounted to rotate on said axle. 3 is the socket member of a ball andsocket joint, and 4 is the ball member thereof, said socket member beingsecured to the axle 1, and the ball member being connected at its upperend by means of bolts 5 to cross bars 6. A metal frame consisting of abar curved at its rear end, as at 7 is provided on its front ends withlinks or clevises 8 adapted to be connected to the rear end of thetraction engine. The cross bars 6 are bolted, as at 9, to the frame bar7. A tongue 10 is connected at its inner end to brackets ll bolted tothe axle 1, and braces 12 bolted to the axle l3 converge to the frontand are connected to the tongue by means of bolts 14. Braces 15 aresecured to the axle 1 and connected by bolts 16 to the frame bar 7. Thefront end of the tongue 10 is provided with an aperture 17 to which acable 18 is secured, said cable passing around pulleys 19 journaled in aframe 20, the upper ends of which are bolted at 21 to the frame bar 7,as shown more particularly in Fig. 2. Extending across the frame aretransverse bars 22 and supported upon these bars is a combined Watertank and coal bunker 23 held rigidly in place by means of braces 24provided with curved members 25 disposed at the front and at the rear ofsaid receptacle 23 and held in place by means of long bolts 26, thelower ends of which are connected to the frame 7 and their upper endspassed through lugs 27 on the braces 24, and fitted with nuts 28. Aspring clevis 29 secured to the curved portion of the frame 7 isprovided with a chain 30 for connection to a threshing machine or otherimplement which accompanies the traction engine and tender.

The operation of my invention may be briefly described as follows: Thefront ends of the cable 18 are connected to the front axle of thetraction engine, and hence when said axle turns, the tongue 10 of thetender is moved to one side or the other of the frame 20, thus movingthe axle l on the ball bearing to one side or the other to follow thecourse taken by the traction engine. The combined water. tank and coalbunker thus accompanies the traction engine to replenish the boiler andto feed the furnace.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

l. A tender for traction engines comprising a frame. an axle, wheelsmounted on the axle, a ball and socket connection disposed centrally ofthe axle and connected to the frame, braces extending from the axle tothe frame, a tongue secured to the axle, a cable connected to the frontend of the tongue, pulleys journaled in a frame, said cable passedaround said pulleys and adapted to be connected to the front axle of atraction engine.

2. A tender for traction engines comprising a frame, a combined watertank and coal bunker mounted on the frame, an axle mounted on wheels, aball and socket connection between the frame and axle, braces extendingfrom the axle to the frame, a tongue connected to the axle, a cableconnected to the tongue, said cable passing around pulleys extending tothe front axle of the traction engine, clevises connected to the framefor attachment to the traction engine, and a clevis at the opposite endof the frame.

In a tender for traction engines, a frame. a combined water tank andcoal bunker supported upon the frame by means of cross braces havingcurved members, and bolts connected to the cross brace and to the frame,an axle, wheels mounted thereon, a ball and socket connection betweenthe axle and frame, a tongue secured to the axle and the front endsmounted in a frame, rollers journaled in the frame, a cable connected totongues and passing over the rollers, the front ends of said cableadapted to be connected to the front axle of a traction engine.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ERNEST MAHR.

Witnesses .Tonx I'I. MeDoNALn, A. C. Moore.

